Analysis of your professional journal article will prepare you to read similar texts in your major and to write your own professional genre for our class.
PURPOSE
READ THIS FIRST: Most academic research writing is problem-based. To identify the purpose of your article, look for a statement of the problem for study. Usually you’ll find it in the first few paragraphs, often in a sentence that begins with “But,” or “However” and creates a contrast with previous research (for example, “Previous research has…. However, it has not yet explored….”).
1a. Please write at least one sentence from your article
that sums up its purpose.
-The study of ethics is a large part of the business world and an important part of success.
1b. In your own words, what is that purpose?
-To hold the integrity of a business together, establishing rules within a company.
AUDIENCE
READ THIS FIRST: Academic research writing has different audiences, depending on your major. Usually that audience is identified in the first few paragraphs (for example, “Education researchers have long been interested in….”) but sometimes the audience is implicit (not stated directly).
2a. Please write at least one sentence from your article that indicates its audience.
-But the study of business ethics is of
recent interest.
2b. In your own words, who is the audience?
-The audience I think is students and workers in the business world. GENRE
READ THIS FIRST: In different majors, there are important differences in what counts as evidence, how a text is organized, and what kinds of language it uses. To find these differences, you will have to skim through the whole of your article.
3a. Evidence – What counts as evidence in this article?
How do you know?
-The evidence is the explanation of the term ethics and how it is used.
(For example, are there statistics about the effects of a drug? Transcripts of classroom interactions? Quotes from interviews?)
- The experimenters used imitation to teach a chimpanzee sign language and the results were the evidence.
3b. Organization – Are there sections/headings in this article? If so, list them below. If not, read the first sentence of each paragraph and try to identify shifts from one section to another.
Introduction, Research, Perspective, and Findings.
(For example, there might be a section that gives background about prior research, and another that describes results or findings of this article).
- Preliminary Considerations, Training Methods, Results, Concluding Observations
3c. Style – Are there specialized vocabulary words or sentence structures in this article that are particular to your major? Give an example. Rules, standards~ codes or principles - moral
guidelines that, if followed, will prevent unethical
Behavior.
(For instance, Education uses terms like “differentiated instruction,” abbreviations like “IEP,” and sometimes uses passive voice “Research
P.A.G.E. Analysis of Professional Journal Article
Analysis of your professional journal article will prepare you to read similar texts in your major and to write your own professional genre for our class.
PURPOSE
that sums up its purpose.
-The study of ethics is a large part of the business world and an important part of success.
1b. In your own words, what is that purpose?
-To hold the integrity of a business together, establishing rules within a company.
AUDIENCE
-But the study of business ethics is of
recent interest.
2b. In your own words, who is the audience?
-The audience I think is students and workers in the business world.
GENRE
How do you know?
-The evidence is the explanation of the term ethics and how it is used.
(For example, are there statistics about the effects of a drug? Transcripts of classroom interactions? Quotes from interviews?)
- The experimenters used imitation to teach a chimpanzee sign language and the results were the evidence.
3b. Organization – Are there sections/headings in this article? If so, list them below. If not, read the first sentence of each paragraph and try to identify shifts from one section to another.
Introduction, Research, Perspective, and Findings.
(For example, there might be a section that gives background about prior research, and another that describes results or findings of this article).
- Preliminary Considerations, Training Methods, Results, Concluding Observations
3c. Style – Are there specialized vocabulary words or sentence structures in this article that are particular to your major? Give an example.
Rules, standards~ codes or principles - moral
guidelines that, if followed, will prevent unethical
Behavior.
(For instance, Education uses terms like “differentiated instruction,” abbreviations like “IEP,” and sometimes uses passive voice “Research